A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far ...

The Roman Empire is usually remembered for roads, armies, and emperors, but its technology went far beyond that. Ancient ...

The so called Byzantine Empire never called itself Byzantine. Long after the fall of Rome in the West its people still believed they were Romans heirs of Caesar and Augustus. This video shows how war ...

Byzantine Patriarch Anthony warned the Church cannot endure without an empire, emphasizing their inseparable unity during ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Ancient scribes often calculated Christ’s birth as falling in early spring. "A Roman Feast (Saturnalia)" by Roberto Bompiani, currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The ancient empire had ...

MGM Empire City in Yonkers has withdrawn its application for one of three state gaming licenses up for grabs in the downstate region, saying the economic conditions have changed. In a letter to the ...

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author and editor of several prize-winning books ...

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